Jazz coach Jerry Sloan cried foul on Friday after he felt Kobe Bryant received special treatment from officials during Games One and Two, and now Phil Jackson is doing the same following his team's Game Three loss in Utah, according to The Los Angeles Daily News.

"He's had pretty much a free reign because it's a non-contact sport when you guard him," Sloan said before Utah's win in Game 3 on Friday night. "You see Ronnie (Brewer) get a couple of fouls, (and) he becomes so conservative and so concerned that he's going to come out of the ballgame, and that's a hard thing to overcome."

Jackson fired back soon after.

"He can't even open his mouth to speak about that the way (Carlos) Boozer pushes and shoves out there," Jackson said of the Utah power forward. "He got away with all his pushes (Friday) night, which he was getting called on in L.A."

"So, I mean, you know, in that regard, you just let it go and say, 'The stars get to play their game and the other guys have to keep their hands to themselves.'"

Via The Los Angeles Daily News

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